Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-06 | Page 9 | L. A. 'Foreign Legion' Fails to Find Transient Horde

L. L LA eign Fails To Find Transient Horde By United Press Despite widening adverse comment i and a a dc dearth rt of transients Los Angeles policemen stuck to their posts at C California's highway y and rail gateways today d determined ed to prevent sunny California Californi from becoming a thieves and paupers' paupers paradise paradis Principal activities of the drive appeared to have developed at Blythe Cal Gal on the Arizona lint line where a majority a of travelers would enter the state front from the southwest Two hundred undesirables re reportedly reportedly xe- xe were turned back at that point by members ers of the thc Los An- An gales police olice foreign legion Even this modest mode t claim of success sue suc I c cess cess ss was ch challenged l however by I Arizona's fiery governor B. B B. B who said that as M far tar as M the sheriff at Yuma could see ne the Cali fornia officers merely were talking to tourists Find Two Admit One OneAt OneAt OneAt At Truckee near the Nevada stateline state stateline stateline line even less less' lesis success was apparent An entire days day's operations yest yesterday y netted only two transients One produced a California auto drivers driver's license an and vas was permitted entry Few l if any bums burm apparently had been located aboard trains en entering ering tho the Feather River canyon c-anyon northwest northwest northwest north north- west of ot Reno Nev Nov and tho the campaign campaign cam cain at Yreka the port of entry from Oregon was WU encountering delay delay delay de de- de- de lay in getting under way Three Three sheriffs refused to deputize delegations delegations' n of city police seeking special commissions Criticism I 1 Is Heated The campaigns at Alturas and Blythe apparently were drawing the most stringent criticisms Citizens of Alturas argued that the whole idea was fallacious since the majority of of California migration migration migration migra migra- tion occurs occur In in Inthe the fall faU and that the bulk of the tr transient influx already has entered California On this bas basis they contended bordering states could place C California behind a figurative eight ball next summer summer sum sum- sum sum-I mer by adopting reciprocal meas measures meas-I meas ures and leaving California with a million drifters Rocked from within by cries of unconstitutional and damnable outrage the campaign drew drewa ya a barrage barrage barrage bar bar- rage of ot criticism t from om state out points Its Us a delicate problem and a serious one one too to stop a man on on the highway unless youre you're sure heIs heIs he heis is a bum bum bum- commented Governor Charles H. H Martin of Oregon Mayor Willis E. E Mahoney of Klamath Falls alls Ore challenged authority authority authority au au- au- au of the Los Angeles police pollee to turn back transients Nevada Is Is Arou Aroused ed Nevada officials also expressed indignation Nevada certainly will not stand Idly b by and have anyone assuming to represent California or any portion portion por por- tion Hon of California t turn rn back Indigent indigent indi Indi- gent travelers from other states state than Nevada at the state line Une and nd nd thereby make such Indigents a burden burden burden bur bur- den on Nevada said Attorney General Gen Gen- eral cral Gray Mashburn ashburn at Reno Federal officials San in-San Francisco scoffed at the campaign declaring that the job the the- Los Las Angeles police police po po- lice are trying to too do o alre already dy has been done dono in a less obvious man man- ner ncr Arthur Arlhur transient director dl dl- dl rector for the state relief social socia service department said the hobo l Influx flux into California has decreased 85 per cent since August and prospects prospects pros pros- are aro for tor additional diminution